Lovecraft Tales- Setting
A typical setting in the tales by H.P. Lovecraft are dark and gloomy. Lovecraft uses descriptive words in his writing to establish the setting. For example, Lovecraft says, "...to emanate from unheard-of catacombs..." I think that sentence gives me an eery detailed picture of the setting. His stories are scary and don't have much light. Sometimes, as in "The Statement of Randolph Carter," they are in graveyards. The narrator, Carter, and his friend, Harley Warren, are in a dark and gloomy cemetary with overgrown grass, weeds, and moss. If they were in another place the plot wouldn't have happened. They wouldn't be digging up a cave-like tomb. Other times they are in mysterious places like "The Outsider." The narrator is all alone in a creepy castle with no lights and long tunnels. He has never seen the outside or light other than candles before. The castle is old and the stones are crumbling. If he were in a bright and pretty castle, the character would be different. He wouldn't be scared all the time and he would know what light is like. The setting is also mysterious in "The Music of Erich Zann." The narrator lives in a tall building on the 5th floor. He hears strange music every night and the building is old and creeky. Later, the narrator can't find the Rue d'Auseil street where the building is at. If the narrator hadn't been in the creepy building, the story wouldn't be as scary. Or, like in "Herbert West- Reanimator," the setting can be one of many places. The narrator and Herbert West are in the lab they made in a dark and abandoned barn. Another setting in this story is the lab in the house they purchased togetther.
A typical setting in the tales by H.P. Lovecraft are dark and gloomy. Lovecraft uses descriptive words in his writing to establish the setting. For example, Lovecraft says, "...to emanate from unheard-of catacombs..." I think that sentence gives me an eery detailed picture of the setting. His stories are scary and don't have much light. Sometimes, as in "The Statement of Randolph Carter," they are in graveyards. The narrator, Carter, and his friend, Harley Warren, are in a dark and gloomy cemetary with overgrown grass, weeds, and moss. If they were in another place the plot wouldn't have happened. They wouldn't be digging up a cave-like tomb. Other times they are in mysterious places like "The Outsider." The narrator is all alone in a creepy castle with no lights and long tunnels. He has never seen the outside or light other than candles before. The castle is old and the stones are crumbling. If he were in a bright and pretty castle, the character would be different. He wouldn't be scared all the time and he would know what light is like. The setting is also mysterious in "The Music of Erich Zann." The narrator lives in a tall building on the 5th floor. He hears strange music every night and the building is old and creeky. Later, the narrator can't find the Rue d'Auseil street where the building is at. If the narrator hadn't been in the creepy building, the story wouldn't be as scary. Or, like in "Herbert West- Reanimator," the setting can be one of many places. The narrator and Herbert West are in the lab they made in a dark and abandoned barn. Another setting in this story is the lab in the house they purchased togetther.